Hour 22. Introducing Business Intelligence with SharePoint 2010—Working with Visio and Excel Services
What You’ll Learn in This Hour:
• Exploring the Business Intelligence Center site template
• Exploring Business Intelligence web parts
• Consuming Visio diagrams with Visio Services
Due to the complexity of the topics discussed, some figures in this book are very detailed and are intended only to provide a high-level view of concepts. Those figures are representational and not intended to be read in detail.
Business Intelligence (BI) tools are used for analysis and presentation of data in a manner that can help business users and executives make informed business decisions. Historically data aggregation, data mining, and reporting were restricted to developers and IT professionals. However using the various Business Intelligence tools available in SharePoint 2010, information workers can now take the control into their own hands and no longer need to depend on developers for their reporting needs. In this hour you explore different Business Intelligence tools available in SharePoint 2010.